Look, I’m really sorry that I sat on the podcast intro music but what am I supposed to do, check every seat for audio files before I sit down? I know it’s a bit crushed and quiet, but if we give it enough love and care then it’ll spring back soon enough, I’m sure - and I can always do my own version of the music for the time being… Oh the podcast is meant to be out… today? I’ll see what I can do…
This podcast may contain traces of trains - perhaps more than a trace, even, as Matt and Quinns discuss both Russian Railroadsand 1889: History of Shikoku Railways in the space of just one hour. I know, it’s all getting a bit exciting. Squashed between those discussions like a fun filling in a games sandwich, Tom yammers on about Calico, Pax Pamir 2e and Watergate; games that somehow all contain the same levels of tension and despair in spite of their wildly differing themes.
Look, digital gaming is great and all, but there are some games that either don't lend themselves well to the format, or aren't available. Whatever the reason, there are lots of games that we're itching to play once the world returns to normal. It's a top five countdown! Before our heart grows fonder, we talk about Exit: The Game - Sunken Treasure, Pandemic: Rapid Response, and Stockpile.
05:27 - Eternal: Chronicles of the Throne 06:45 - Exit: The Game - Sunken Treasure 08:39 - Roll for Adventure 10:18 - Pandemic: Rapid Response 14:01 - Stockpile 22:59 - Games We're Itching to Play 25:00 - Awkward Guests 26:25 - Nusfjord 28:22 - Flotilla 29:32 - Kemet 31:13 - Insider: Black 33:16 - 1889 34:35 - Maracaibo 35:39 - Pipeline 37:00 - Brass: Birmingham 37:58 - Mansions of Madness: Second Edition 40:07 - Special Tank Appearance! 44:01 - Dune 45:09 - Cooper Island 46:21 - Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy 48:08 - Square on Sale 48:58- The Crew
Today Steve, Don, Aaron and Jamie sit down with Honorary Founder Matt Evans of Board Game Replay to talk about all the video games they've been playing during the quarentine and go back in time and discuss some of their favorite video games and video game memories of the past.
Chris van der Linden, founder of Loresmyth Games, discusses his journey about going full-time in the gaming industry and how he turned his passion into his profession.
It’s no small task to turn your hobby into a business, so Chris and I talk through how to make it happen, pitfalls, failure, and what the best parts are.
And be sure to check out Chris’s latest RPG supplement on Kickstarter HERE.
In this show, Tom and Eric talk about Rush MD, Clip Cut Parks, Forgotten Waters, Unlock: Timeless Adventures, King of Tokyo Dark Edition, The Curious Elevator of Mr. Hincks, and Monopoly Gamer: Mario Kart. Geoff gives a tribute, we answer a pile of questions, and then we end the episode going back twenty years to see the best games of 2000!
“Imagine that you are creating a fabric of human destiny with the object of making men happy in the end, giving them peace and rest at last. Imagine that you are doing this but that it is essential and inevitable to torture to death only one tiny creature...in order to found that edifice on its unavenged tears. Would you consent to be the architect on those conditions? Tell me. Tell the truth.”
― Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
AYURIS: Gùgōng 1m22s (Andreas Steding, Game Brewer, 2018)
Games Played Last Week: -Radiant: Offline Battle Arena 3m50s (Jack Murray, Heel Turn Games, 2019) -Cosmic Frog 5m00s (Jim Felli, Devious Weasel Games, 2020) -Blitzkrieg! 17m07s (Paolo Mori, PSC Games, 2019) -World of Warcraft Miniatures Game 18m35s (Edward Fear, John Fiorillo, Justin Gary, Matt Hyra, Anthony Shaheen, & Patrick Sullivan, Upper Deck Entertainment, 2008) -Manoeuvre 23m54s (Jeff Horger, GMT Games, 2008) -Spyrium 26m07s (William Attia, Ystari Games, 2013) -Innovation 31m19s (Carl Chudyk, Asmadi Games, 2010) -Carcassonne 33m54s (Klaus-Jürgen Wrede, Hans im Gluck, 2000)
News (and why it doesn't matter): -Shadows over (Camelot) Brooklyn 35m28s -SVWAG Policy: Unlicensed Digital Implementations 36m28s -Hasbro Mashups 38m44s -Golden Geek Award Nomination 41m01s -More Cloudspire 42m35s -Reichbusters and Wolfenstein 42m55s
Topic: Getting Tears Stains out of Games: What to Do About Unplayed Games 44m16s
Today's guest is the pen and brain behind the board game based web-comic Semi-Coop, Rachel Kremer. We talk about games in the Netherlands, being a freelance artist and her favourite board game illustrators...but which games did she choose. Support the show here. Hive Robinson Crusoe Dragon Castle Gloomhaven Dungeons and Dragons
Reviews of Bus, Cthulhu: Death May Die, and Nanty Narking. Featured review: Caylus by Ystari Games; Reroll Forum Trajanum by Stronghold Games. Board game discussion starts at 30:45. https://bluepegpinkpeg.com/ep169.
Timestamps:
00:30:45 - Bus; 00:39:09 - Cthulhu: Death May Die; 00:48:10 - Nanty Narking; 00:57:39 - Message from our sponsor, Queen Games; 00:59:17 - First Contact; 01:06:51 - Unmatched: Battle of Legends; 01:14:21 - Campaign Manager 2008; 01:39:20 - Caylus